BR1-04 STUART LITTLE Stuart Hides Out

Do you like Stuart Little? I think everyone know that’s movie. I like Stuart Little movie. So, I choose this book. Main characters are a mouse, Stuart Little and white cat, Snowbell. Usually, cats and mice are bad relation like a Tom and Jelly. But in this story, the both are good relation.

One day, Stuart’s family went out, and there were only Stuart and Snowbell in his house. Then, the two wanted to play a game. That is “hide-and-seek.” Snowbell seeks and Stuart hides. Stuart found a good place to hide in his house. Finally, he had found a good place which was a flower vase on the shelf. He slide down into the vase, and sat down to wait. After a while, he thought, it’s not comfortable here and wanted to get out here. But he was too small to get out from the vase himself. He thought, “Nobody will ever find me in here.” So, he began to rock back and forth. The vase was about to fall down from shelf. Then Stuart cried “HELP!” Snowbell noticed the vase rolling fast and jumped onto the shelf and pounced on the vase just in time. Snowbell saved Stuart. It’s the end of hide-and-seek.

This story is interesting. Stuart and Snowbell are good relation and very friendly. I like this story and I wanted to watch this movie again.
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SHOPPIIIIIIIIIING

In G.W. I went to Tosu Premium Outlets by train with my friend. Outlets mole was soooo cheap. Every goods were 20~60% off. So, that is a very good place to shopping. I and my friend bought clothes. It was also so cheap.

And there were many food booths there. We ate Pizza-la's pizza!! It was so delicious.

There were sooo many people there, but if you like shopping, you should visit there once. You must be like it.

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BR1-03 The Dinosaur Who Lost His ROAR

This is a story of five dinosaurs. They are Sid, Ross, Ollie, Spike and Rex. The reason why I choice this book is I’m interested in dinosaurs and this book seems to be funny. And a cover is cute.

Sid is an active dinosaur. He lived in big forest and he enjoyed crashing through bushes, climbing tall trees, splashing in the river. Especially, Sid liked scaring other dinosaurs to roar. Sid’s roar is the loudest. Everyday, Sid tried to scar other dinosaurs to roar. Spike, Ross and Ollie were scared by Sid. They didn’t like being scared. One day, Sid’s throat hurt. So he couldn’t roar loudly and scare anyone. Spike, Ross and Ollie laughed at him. He didn’t feel good, so he tried to care his throat. The next day, his throat was better, and he tried to apologize to them for scaring. But he couldn’t find other dinosaurs anywhere. Then, he noticed footprints on the ground. Sid followed the footprints. There was a Rex there with other dinosaurs. Rex was a huge dinosaur. Rex was about to eat Spike, Ross and Ollie. Sid was an only dinosaur can help them. He roared loudly and Rex scared. The four dinosaurs could run away from Rex. At last, they could be friends.

This is like a Sid’s story. I like this story. Sid has a nice courage. I hope I want to be like a Sid.
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BR1-02 The Ugly Duckling

I think everyone knows this story. The main character is ugly duckling. And sub characters are mother duck, her five kids, old duck and swans. This is a story of poor ugly duckling.

One day, mother duck had six eggs. But one egg was larger than other five eggs. Mother duck was looking forward to meeting her kids. So, she was waiting for them to hatch for days. Finally, her eggs hatched except a huge egg. Later, at least, a huge egg burst open. And, this was an ugly duckling. So, mother duck and old duck thought he is a turkey chick. But he was not turkey chick because he could swim. He was too ugly, so he was treated everywhere he visited. One evening in fall, he saw beautiful swans. Winter came, he grew up and he can fly. And spring came, he listened to the bird sing, and flew to there. There are some swans there. The swans swam around him and stroked him with their beaks. So, he felt strange and bent his head to the water and saw. And then, he grew up a swan. He became the most beautiful.

I like this story because it is happy end. And I respect the ugly duckling. He is so tough, and his life is cheering me on. This is a wonderful story.
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BR1-01 The Emperor's New Clothes

This is a story of emperor who has big pride. This story is composed of 5 chapters. It may be funny story. I think this story is also famous in Japan. Main characters are the emperor, his servant Boris and the finest clothes-makers Slimus and Slick.

Long time ago, there was an emperor who loved clothes. He always wanted new clothes and wanted to show off his nice clothes. One day, he has nothing to wear. Then, the emperor made his servant, Boris, find the finest clothes-makers. Boris agreed against his will. In a few days, Boris took two men to the emperor. They were Slimus and Slick. They said “We are the finest clothes-makers in the world.” And they suggested making magical clothes to the emperor. It can be seen by clever people. The emperor was so excited and paid much money to them. Few days later, they finished making magical clothes. But they told the emperor a lie. There was nothing magical clothes in the world. And they pretended to help the emperor into magical clothes. The emperor couldn’t see anything, but he couldn’t tell so. Because he believed he was not foolish. So, he was naked then. The naked man went to the royal procession. “He is naked!” a whisper whizzed through the crowd soon. The emperor held his head high and walked more proudly than ever.

To be honest is important. This is what I learned from this story. It’s very interesting. I like this story.
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Essay#2 ~My treasures~

Today, I’m going to talk about my treasure. I have four main treasures.

My first treasure is a bike. Four months ago, my best friend’s father suddenly gave me his bike though, I don’t know why. After that, I ride my bike everyday to go to school, to go to work and so on. I went to Miyazaki by bike by highway. Now, my bike is necessity. It may not be a treasure if I just bought it. However, the person who gave me the bike is my best friend’s father. So, it’s my treasure.

The second treasure is photos. I like looking at photos, because I can feel some change in seeing the photos. Changing is important. I think good memories and the past can be a treasure. And photos can keep it. So, I think photos can also be a treasure. I want to take a good scene. That’s why I always take my digital camera to every place I go. And I get good new treasures.

My third treasure is my studying abroad experience. This is not realized yet. But I think this experience will be the best treasure for me. I’m really looking forward to this day. I want to grow up through such a grateful experience. Experiencing is a treasure.

My final treasure are my friends. My friends are always helping and supporting me when I feel down. There are many good friends and awesome people around me. They are my treasure. The reason why I am here right now is due to all of them. So, I never want to lose them. I’m proud of meeting my best friends.
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Essay#1 ~Welcome to my home~

Hello! My name is Yuji Maki and I am a 20 years old student of KGU from Oita, which is located on Kyusyu. My major is English. And I have a dream of becoming an English teacher in junior high school. So, I like English very much but I am not good at speaking it though. I like listening music and watching movies too. Do you like music? If so, what kind of music do you like? I want to talk about music. And I also like driving very much. I can take you to famous places if you want to visit. So, if you want to go somewhere, please tell me. Japan has a lot of places to sightseeing. And do you like sports? Did you watch WBC? I was so excited because I like baseball.

How many people are in your family? And do you have any pets? My family member is 5. That is my father, my mother, my older brother, my younger brother and me. My father is cook, so he cooks very well. Do you like Japanese foods? When you come to my home, you can eat delicious foods. My younger brother is high school student. And he is the captain of his volleyball team. My family is very kind person. Please take it easy.
　Japanese summer is humid. So, I think you may not be accustomed to Japanese temperature and culture soon. But please enjoy Japanese culture and Japanese life. We are really looking forward to meeting you.

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Free Writing

Children

I like children a lot. When I went to kindergarten for high school program, I had a very good time with children. We got on a swing, and made castle with mud, ran around ground.

My favorite fall activity

My favorite activity in fall is exercising and playing sports. In my elementary school days, an athletic meeting took place in October every year. I like an athletic meeting a lot because I could run anywhere and I could be an outstanding person. Even now, when fall coming, I'm bursting to run and exercise.
And my junior high and high school days, sports day was held in October like an athletic meeting. We were very excited. In addition, fall is the best season to play sports, I think. That's why, I like exercising and playing sports in fall.
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Brainstorm: Favorite place

nice view
comfortable
no intruder
surrounded by nature
outside
feel seasons
no barrier
nobody knows
for free to go
silent
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About a favorite place

My favorite place is rooftop of my house. Actually, my house is condominium. Sometimes, I feel sad, or not happy, I go to rooftop of my condominium. We can view very beautiful sight from there. Especially, in the evening, the sight we can view from there is the best!! The evening sun, mountains, buildings, sky, there are a lot of beautiful things. In the midnight is also great, because we can discuss our problem there with my friends with drinking alcohol and eating some snacks. But we don't make noise. I love that silent time. That's why my favorite place is rooftop of my condominium.
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Habits

When I was in Oita, before coming Kumamoto, I used to eat break fast. Because, I had a time at morning. But now, I hardly eat break fast. I live in Kumamoto alone, so I don't have much time to eat break fast, and I don't have much money too. That's why I'm always hungry.

And, after eating each diet, I want something sweet to eat. So, recently, after I ate lunch, I often go to Maruzen to buy ice cream or chocolate.

Golden Week!

This year, my golden week plan was so simple. This year's golden week had just 4 days. These were May 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th. First 2 days, I worked in Kumamoto. My part time job is delivery of pizza. So, we think golden week will be busy. This prediction was correct. We were so busy during golden week.

And the other 2days, I went back to my home town, Oita to choose Hakama for confirmation. This year I will be 20 years old. I'm really looking forward to attending confirmation. In addition, I drank with my friend in Oita. We are very good friend. Living in Oita is so comfortable.

By the way, May 6th is my friend's birthday. His name is Mizuki, one of my Kumamoto friends. We were planning to hold a birthday party for him. However we didn't. So, we may be going to have a birthday party for him next year's golden week.

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BR1-02 April Fool!

On April first, Will tells Sam and Cory a story. He says he once saw an elephant on its way to school. "Really? Wow! Lucky you!" say Will's friends. Will says the elephant raced a bus. It even picked up five kids and gave them a ride.

At first, Will's friends believe him. Gradually, they don't believe him, and say "Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!" Finally, Will says "April Fool!" It was funny story.

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BR1-01 Turtle and Snake at Work

Turtle and Snake each have a job to do. Turtle wears white gloves and holds a sign . He tells the cars to stop and go. Snake wears an apron and a tall hat. He throws the pizza crust in the air and spins it. at the end of the day, Turtle and Snake share a pizza pie. It's been a good day.

In this story, Turtle is very kind. He has never been angry. Snake can cook pizza well. The Pizza pie looks delicious.

And this book is very easy to read.

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My hobbies

My hobby is driving. Last summer, I got a car license in Kumamoto. And, last winter, my friend gave me a car. I was so excited. So, now, I like to drive a car. I can go anywhere. I like to go to hot spring with my friends and go back to my home town with my old friend by car.

This spring vacation, I traveled around Kyusyu by car with my friends. We visited Oita, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Saga. We had a very very good time.

And I also like listening music. When I free, I always listening to music. I can be calm down when I listen to music. Music is like a magic.

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Music I like

I like listening to music. I love all kinds of music. For example, Punk rock, Reggae, Ballad, J-pop, foreign music and so on. My favorite singer is Kobukuro. Their voices are very sweet. When I feel sad, I always listening their songs. It makes me better. And, when I feel happy, I listening reggae or punk rock. That's so good. Music is reflecting my feeling.

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First classes

Our first writing class was so new for me. The teacher is new, and the students are new too. Our writing class is Wednesday first. So, I should get up early. This is hard for me, but I'm trying.

Second grade's writing class has a lot of things to do. And our teacher, Mr. Beaufait, speaks fast. Sometimes I can't understand what he said. So, I concentrate on listening what he said. If I'm lost, to ask some friends or teacher is very important. I don't want to give up this writing class.

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Spring vacation

Last spring vacation, I went back to my home town, Oita. That was fun for me. I live in Kumamoto myself now. So, I don't eat too much. But, when I am in Oita, I can eat a lot of breakfast, lunch and supper which is made by my mother. And I hanged out with my old friends. We went mountain to see very view, went shopping and so on. I had a good time with my friends. They always give me an energy. That's why, now I'm missing my family and Oita's friends.

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self-intro

Hello. My name is Yuji. First of all, thank you for inviting me. And let me introduce my family and home town. There are five in my family. They are my father, my mother, my older brother, my younger brother and me. My father is a cook. He works at a French restaurant. My mother and older brother have a part time jobs. And he doesn't go to college. My younger brother is High school student. He is the first grades and belongs to Volleyball club in his high school. And me, I'm 19 years old now.

I had played baseball for 7 years and played volleyball for 1 year. I was a very active boy. I have a big dream of becoming an English teacher in a junior high school. So, I'm interested in English-speaking countries.

By the way, my hobby is listening to music and shopping. I like foreign music as well as J-POP, so if you have your favorite songs, please tell me. That was my family and myself. Next, my home town .

My home town is Oita, Japan. Generally speaking, Oita is country side, but it has a very famous hot spring. And there are many beautiful mountains and beaches. Oita is surrounded by beautiful nature.

Then, I have some questions. Do you like Japanese food? How many people are there in your family? Are there any big shopping centers? How's the weather in your country in this season? Are you interested in Japan? Have you ever heard Japanese music? What kind of sports do you like? Does your country have beautiful nature?

I want to talk to you about these topics, understand different cultures, and adopt the your country life-style. I want to have a lot of interesting experiences during this home-stay program. I'm really looking forward to meeting you, and spending good time with you.

Finally, I say to you again. "Thank you for inviting me."

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